Pioneer Intros DVR-A04

Drive gets expanded media support, faster performance
By Dave Nagel

Pioneer Electronics has unveiled its DVR-A04, the latest generation of its combination DVD/CD recorder. The DVR-A04 supports DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-R and CD-RW. The A04 is the retail version of the DVR-104 found in the current generation of G4 towers, including the dual 1 GHz and 933 MHz models.

The drive is smaller than the previous-generation DVR-A03/103, which was the first-generation SuperDrive found in Mac models starting with the 733 MHz G4. It has CD buffer underrun protection, support for high speed CD-RW media and the capability to be mounted vertically.

Other features include:

Wider compatibility and media support including DVS-R47A/U, DVS-R470SDD50, DVS-RW47B/U and DVS-RP470SDF;

Write speeds of 2x for DVD-R, 1x for DVD-RW, 8x for CD-R and 4x for CD-RW;